Turner, Samuel, 1759-1802

LC control no.	no 90006187
Descriptive conventions	rda
Personal name heading	Turner, Samuel, 1759-1802 *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Variant(s)	Turner, Samuel, 1749-1802 Semiu'er Tena, 1759-1802 塞缪尔・特纳, 1759-1802
Associated country	Great Britain India Tibet Autonomous Region (China) Bhutan
Birth date	1759-04-19
Death date	1802-01-02
Place of birth	Gloucestershire (England)
Place of death	London (England)
Field of activity	Military art and science
Affiliation	East India Company
Profession or occupation	Armies--Officers Diplomats
Found in	An account of an embassy to the court of the Teshoo Lama, in Tibet, 1800: t.p. (Samuel Turner) LC data base, 2/11/90 (hdg.: Turner, Samuel, 1749-1802) DNB (Turner, Samuel, 1749?-1802) Wikipedia, viewed 14 Jan. 2019 (Samuel Turner (diplomat). Samuel Turner (19 April 1759 - 2 January 1802) FRS was an English Asiatic traveller born in Gloucestershire, England. After becoming a cadet with the East India Company (EIC) in 1780, Turner was subsequently promoted to ensign. Promotion followed to lieutenant on 8 August 1781 and to regimental captain on 18 March 1799. With the assent of the EIC Court of Directors, Turner was appointed chief of the Tibet mission on 9 January 1783 with fellow EIC employee and amateur artist Samuel Davis as "Draftsman and Surveyor". Turner served with distinction at the first Siege of Seringapatam in 1792 in command of a troop of Governor-General Lord Cornwallis' bodyguard of cavalry and later carried out a mission to the court of Tipu Sultan. On 15 January 1801 he was elected a fellow of the Royal Society. He died in London on 2 January 1802.) List of the officers of the Bengal Army, 1758-1834, 1947: pt. 4, p. 326 (Turner, Samuel, 1759/60-1802) Annual register, 1803: p. 493 (Deaths in the year 1802: Samuel Turner Esq. F.R.S. in his 43d year, formerly in the service of the East India Company) Xizang Zhashilunbu si fang wen ji, 2004: title page (塞缪尔・特纳 = Semiu'er Tena [chi rom.])
Associated language	eng